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Why do Catholics have a Bigger Bible? (newhitherthitherandyon.wordpress.com)
Initially Protestant Bibles simply moved certain books they called the Apocrypha to an appendix. Luther’s Bible and even the famous King James Bible contained all the original books found in the Catholic Bible. The idea of printing Bibles without the Apocrypha in the form most modern Protestant are familiar with today, did not come into mass production until after the mid 1800’s under the influence of Bible societies (Cambridge History of the Bible, Vol 3, pp 388-393). The Apocrypha controversy (1820-1826) ended with the British Bible Society being prohibited from publishing the Apocrypha or from aiding other societies in publishing Bibles containing these books in 1826 (CHB 3.391).

True or False: How Do We Tell? (seekingtofindhim.wordpress.com)
Often, the losing position would separate from the Church and enter into schism from the Church; they would form their own groups and teach their own doctrines, no longer submitting to the teaching and governing authority of the Catholic bishops under the leading of the bishop of Rome.
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These ecumenical councils are extremely important because they are how the Church is able to determine that a certain belief is either orthodox or heterodox. These councils and the creeds they produced were always the ways that the Church delineated the true and necessary doctrines of the faith. The objective and historic reality of the faith depends on those creeds and councils, because they enable orthodoxy and heresy to be definitively determined once for all, and allow an objective faith to be passed down through the ages.

Interpreting the Scriptures (Part 5) (supernaturalgospel.wordpress.com)
Nowadays Christians are allowed to read bibles, but “leaders” think they need to be given “lenses” (basically doctrinal boundaries) through which to interpret the scriptures. This is the purpose of bible colleges and seminaries – not teaching people to ask questions and find their own answers, but rather teaching their own brand of theology.

The Bible – a book review … Well, kind of! (searchingforauthenticchristianity.wordpress.com)
Well it seems that in some places at some points in history, the Bible has kind of been considered to be like political and religious dynamite. Maybe a better word would be ‘nitroglycerin’ – i.e. like an unstable, unpredictable explosive as you never know what the result of picking it up and trying to use it will be in any given place… It seems that in many places in history, when people have as new converts got their hands on the Bible and started acting on what they found in it, waves were quickly made: people began acting differently, refusing to lie, refusing to act corruptly, showing love instead of hate – and often getting persecuted, thrown into prison and killed as a result. Societies are often changed too, though clearly when persecution is going on it takes time as people have all to often to suffer for what they believe the Bible teaches.

The things Christians believe (maasaiboys.wordpress.com)
Man could not set out to write a book of this size. He would not have the ideas of it, nor would man be able to produce the detail and precision of it. It presents God as THE God. It presents God as having a plan. It presents God only as deserving glory. It presents God as the absolute authority.The unregenerate man could not subdue his own pride to produce such a God, nor could he exalt his talents to a level capable of producing such a book.
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The doctrine of the trinity is a creation of the church fathers and was resolved through violence. Those who carried the day had their way. Tertullian who is among the early church fathers to write on it, tells us nothing comprehensible. Their is an undisclosed premise in this statement that three personages represented in the trinity exist. There is no evidence for the supernatural and as such only the credulous believe such stories.

we all believe what we are taught (thebarefootpilgrim.wordpress.com)
My mother commissioned a pastor friend to talk some sense into me and after corresponding through email, I was told: “I can’t believe you’re letting someone else tell you what the Bible says.” At first it made me mad because, I’ll admit, I am a prideful little snot and I almost felt belittled. But the more I thought about it, I realized that we ALL believe what we are taught the Bible says! Especially when we trust those who teach us!

Restoring Confidence in the Bible (happilyheretical.wordpress.com)
There’s an erosion of confidence in the authority of the Bible in our society, which Dawkins’ words tap into. It is reaching critical levels, not just among those beyond the Church, but also for many within it. I have lots of conversations with Christians – young and old – who, from different starting points, all want to talk about the same problem: their struggle with the text of the Bible. They have questions they are desperate to ask their church leaders or friends, but somehow feel they can’t; questions about its reliability, its nature and its morality – especially around episodes such as those where God ordered the Israelites to obliterate their enemies.

Why I Believe… (spiritualjava.org)
When I consider Newton’s Third Law, the Law of Biogenesis, and the First Law of Thermodynamics I find the Big Bang and Evolutionary theories contradicting fundamental laws of science and the natural world. I believe that the universe was created by a supernatural being known as God. I see design, engineering, and craftsmanship in our natural world. We look at a motorized vehicle and know that due to its complexity it was designed, engineered, and crafted by someone or something. In like manner, a small leaf from one tree is more complex than that automobile. I believe in a super-natural, all-powerful Creator.
+Though its origin is found in antiquity, the Bible itself is not antiquated. The Bible has proven to be timeless and relevant to our present age with proper study and application. The Bible possesses the fingerprints of Divine origin. I believe that the Bible is the inspired inerrant Word of God.

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